MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.94,-111.49 Latitude: 42.94 Longitude: -111.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 1 950 524 2 900 981 3 850 1462 4 800 1971 SFC 796 2011 12.7 -2.8 34 15.5 5.1 205 15 305.1 305.9 287.8 317.2 3.90 6 750 2505 6.9 -5.1 42 12.0 1.4 209 25 304.1 304.7 287.0 314.8 3.49 7 700 3068 3.8 -6.0 49 9.8 -0.6 230 36 306.7 307.4 287.9 317.6 3.49 8 650 3666 -0.5 -6.6 63 6.1 -3.1 242 40 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.7 3.59 9 600 4301 -4.5 -8.3 75 3.8 -6.1 247 47 310.9 311.6 289.3 321.7 3.40 10 550 4982 -7.7 -14.2 60 6.5 -10.1 251 52 314.9 315.4 289.5 322.5 2.32 11 500 5718 -12.2 -16.1 73 3.8 -13.5 252 57 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.4 2.19 12 450 6516 -16.9 -22.0 65 5.1 -18.3 253 64 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.0 1.46 13 400 7390 -22.7 -31.2 46 8.5 -24.3 258 69 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.70 14 350 8355 -29.8 -38.0 45 8.2 -30.9 259 72 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.41 15 300 9433 -39.3 -44.7 57 5.4 -39.7 265 76 330.0 330.1 292.0 330.9 0.24 16 250 10653 -48.9 -55.8 45 6.8 -49.2 257 76 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 17 200 12090 -56.6 -63.0 44 6.4 -56.7 256 86 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 13890 -62.0 -76.8 12 14.8 -62.1 252 70 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16365 -65.9 -84.0 6 18.1 -66.0 252 44 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.31 m Freezing level: 655.35 mb = 3601.90 m = 11817.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.23 mb = 2892.55 m = 9489.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.54 % Est. max temperature: 16.00 C = 60.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 628.51 mb = 3932.56 m = 12901.94 ft T: -2.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 532.91 mb = 5225.88 m = 17145.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.24 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: 6.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8312.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 617.70 mb = 4070.23 m = 13353.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 362.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 190.87 m/s